Ambrym, a large basaltic volcano with a 12-km-wide caldera, is one of the most active volcanoes of the New Hebrides arc. A thick, almost exclusively pyroclastic sequence, initially dacitic, then basaltic, overlies lava flows of a pre-caldera shield volcano. The caldera was formed during a major … [Read more...]
Papua New Guinea’s remote Bagana volcano eruption as seen from space
Created May 27, 2012 Last update May 27, 2012 16:45 By
Bagana is an active volcano located in the central part of the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, the largest island of the Solomon group. It is the most active volcano in the country. Just northeast of Bagana is the volcano crater lake Billy Mitchell. Bagana is one of 17 post-Miocene strato … [Read more...]
The 2011 submarine volcanic eruption in El Hierro (Canary Islands), Spain - Eruption overview
Created May 18, 2012 Last update May 18, 2012 18:19 By
With special thanks to Dr. Carracedo (Geovol) allowing us to publish his report and Joke Volta for facilitating. Forty years after the Teneguía Volcano (La Palma, 1971), a submarine eruption took place off the town of La Restinga, south of El Hierro, the smallest and youngest island of the … [Read more...]
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Created February 24, 2012 Last update December 4, 2013 10:06 By
Let us keep it simple as our readers prefer not to have many ads on our pages. Your banner will be regarded as a "Goodwill support" for earthquake-report.com. Only 1 advertiser will be allowed in our entire site during the contracted period. Number of pageviews (depending on the events) : 7 to 10 … [Read more...]
Tinakula volcano (Solomon Islands) eruption captured by satellite
Created February 17, 2012 Last update February 17, 2012 12:27 By
Tinakula is a conical stratovolcano which forms an island north of Nendo in Temotu Province, the Solomon Islands. It lies at the north end of the Santa Cruz Islands. It is about 3.5 km wide and rises 851 m above sea level, but rises three or four km above the sea floor. It erupts approximately every … [Read more...]
Hazard map assessment of Mount Merapi, Central Java, Indonesia using remote sensing
Created January 11, 2012 Last update January 11, 2012 13:37 By
Author : David Harris, IGES department, Aberystwyth University, Wales Abstract As the global population is predicted to reach 7 billion people by 2012, land pressures and rapid population growth is resulting in many more communities living within danger zones of natural hazards, a pattern … [Read more...]
Worldwide VOLCANO news - Now moved to a special category
Created December 31, 2011 Last update July 2, 2012 08:57 By
2012 : January - February - March - April - Below the sign $ to $$$$$ are links to the article in the press. $ : little importance $$$$$ : a must read! Want to see a volcano live ? - Try our Volcano WEBCAM page This article is written by Richard Wilson and Armand Vervaeck - Important … [Read more...]
Surtseyan eruption along the coast of Yemen forms a new island - January 15 new ALI satellite image
Created December 29, 2011 Last update January 17, 2012 19:35 By
Jorgen Aabech, a Norvegian volcano enthusiast writing already a long time in his blog vulkaner.no, wrote us an email on December 20 to attract our attention on a probably new eruption of the Jebel Zubair volcano, which is an island formation on the territory of Yemen. Jorgen asked us if we had any … [Read more...]
Safe flying while volcanoes are erupting takes a step forward with AVOID
Created December 9, 2011 Last update December 16, 2011 22:35 By
Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector (AVOID) The AVOID system (Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector) is a device meant to provide real-time imaging of hazards ahead of a jet airplane. Information is supplied to the cockpit from two infrared cameras that are tuned to detect hazardous … [Read more...]
Eruption of the Gamalama volcano, Ternate, Indonesia - December 6 video showing multiple lahars
Created December 5, 2011 Last update December 10, 2011 04:22 By
On December 05 at 00:08 local time (some reports say on December 4 at approx. 23:00), Mount Gamalama erupted and spewed lava and ash on a town in eastern Indonesia, prompting thousands of residents to flee. A scientist monitoring the volcano says the eruption has caused panic on the … [Read more...]
